With a title like Comfort Me With Apples how could I possibly resist picking up Ruth Reichl’s book? This book picks up from where Tender at the Bone leaves off.
In Tender, Reichl writes about her childhood and her first marriage, skilfully interweaving food into her narrative. She does the same in Comfort where readers get to know of her early career as the food critic of The Los Angeles Times.
Reichl also writes candidly of the breaking down of her first marriage, the infidelities on both her and her first husband’s part, her subsequent meeting with her second husband and the struggles they faced with adoption. Major milestones in her life are laid out for readers as we are subsciously drawn into her life as she weaves in her vivid descriptions of food.
The book’s enjoyable enough but it’s not great. Suitable for some easy weekend reading.
The book is available at the National Library.